Jennifer Lawrence stumbles on way to collect her best-actress Oscar.
By Robert Deutsch, USA TODAY

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Maria Puente, USA TODAY

You'd think after all the awards she's collected this season, Jennifer Lawrence would be used to climbing stairs to the stage. Not so: She stumbled a little tonight on the way to collecting her Academy Award for best actress for Silver Linings Playbook.

It wasn't a terrible fall, with her sprawled on the stairs, but she did trip on the first step, covered her face with her hand, then recovered quickly and laughed.

When she reached the stage, she joked to the audience giving her a standing ovation, "You're only standing up because I fell on the stairs. I feel so embarrassed." ...